do eo ; and I beg to thank you for per- 

 mitting me to become one of your hon- 

 orary members. — I remain, gentlemen, 

 yours sincerely, H. H. Tasmania. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



Visit to British Columbia. 



Mr. Alex. Morton gave an interesting 

 and instructive account of his recent 

 visit to British Columbia to obtain sal- 

 mon ova for the Tasmanian Fisheries 

 Commissioners, and exhibited lantern 

 views of scenes in Honolulu, Victoria 

 City, Vancouver, and other parts of 

 British Columbia. Ke advised travel- 

 lens from Australia to England to go by 

 wav of Canada, because they would hear 

 nothing the whole way but the English 

 language. He mentioned that Hono- 

 lulu was the only place in the world 

 where the English sovereign was below 

 par. There, there were no barmaids, 

 the hotels closed at 11 p.m. on week 

 days, and were closed all day on Sun- 

 days. Education was compulsory, and 

 among the Hanaiians there was not 

 a man, woman, or child (of age 

 to leave school), who could not read 

 and write. There were five daily 

 new.spapersi in Honolulu. Passengers 

 going to the United States had to an- 

 swer 21 questions put to them on board 

 shin before they landed. He read these, 

 which were of a very inquisitive kind, 

 and sometimes very amusing. One of 

 them was "are you a polygamist ?" and 

 he heard this put to a lady, who had 

 just stated in answer to another ques- 

 tion that she Avas "single." Some of 

 the ladies were very indignant at the 

 que.stions. Victoria City, the capital of 

 British Columbia, was the first city to 

 adopt the electric tramcar. 



Mr. J. W. Beattie (for the Bishop of 

 Tasmania) exhibited two lantern pic- 

 tures — Barn Bluff and The Cradle ; and 

 Barn Bluff from The Cradle. 



A cordial vote of thanks: was passed 

 to the auth'Oirs of papers. 



FORTT EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



The annual meeting of the Royal So- 

 ciety of Tasmania was heilct at the so- 

 ciety's rooms on Monday evening', April 

 21st, Mr. R. M. Johnston, F.S.S., vice- 

 president, presiding. 



Corresi)ionding. Members. 



The following genitlemen, who during 

 the meeting of the Austnalasian Aesocia- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, were 

 presidents of the several seotions. were 

 eieoted corresponding members of the 

 society: — Messrs. T. A. Coghlan, F.S.S., 

 Government Statistician of New South 

 Wales; Professor A. Pollock, B.Sc, Syd- 

 ney University; W . R. Greig-Smith, 

 M.Sc, Macleay — Bacteriiologi9t Linnsean 

 Society, Sydney; Professor Mica-Smith, 

 B. Sc, School of Mines,'^allarat;Mr. T. S. 

 Hall, M.A., University, (Melbourne; Sir 

 Thos. Fitzgerald, K.C.M.G., and Mr. 

 Percy Oakden, A.R.I.B.A., Melbourne; 

 Dr. W. E. Roth, Chief Protector of the 

 Queensland Aborigines; Professor W. B. 

 Benbam, D.Sc, M.A., Otago Inistitute, 

 Dunedin; and) Professor Arnold-Wall, 

 M.A., Canterbury Institute, Christchurch, 

 New Zeaiand; R. W. Chapmain, M.A., 

 B.C.E., University, Adelaide. 



New Fellows. 

 Meissrs. Chag. Hudson (General Maaia- 

 ger of the Tasmanian Railways), T. D. Mc- 

 Ewan Kay, B.A., and .T. E. Philip were 

 elected Fellows of the Society. 



Anmual Report. 



The Secietiary (Mr. Alex. Morton) read 

 the following annual report. — 



The Ooumcil of the Royal Society have 

 pleasure in submitting the following re- 

 port for the year 1901, and leg'ret that, 

 owing to the sessions of the Association 

 for the advancement of Scieiuc© and the 

 International Medical Congress, it was 

 mot found possible to have the annual 

 meeting of this society earlier in the year. 



Meetings. — The)re have been eight meet- 

 ings during the session, all of which were 

 of interest, partioularl.v those in which 

 the timber industry and forestry of Tas- 

 mania were discussed. At tihe first meet- 

 ing, presided over by His Excellency Sir 

 John Dodds, Administratoir, a paper was 

 read 'on "Tim hex Conservation" by Mr. 

 W. He3'n, a timbier expert, tihen on a 

 visit to Tasanaiiia, which introduced the 

 subject, and wa.s followed by a number 

 of papers dealing with the general aind 

 im;portant subject of the preseTvabioii of 

 our natural woods, and the cultivation 

 of forests, as a national work, by Messrs. 

 L. Rodway, A. Miault, and A. 0. Greeme. 

 Papers Oiu. "Geology'" amd "Mineralogy" 

 were contributed during the session by 

 Messrs. R. M. Johnston, Petterd, Twelve- 

 trees, and Professor Hogg. A paper by 

 Mr. J. W. Beattie "On a Trip to the Barn 

 Bluff," illuetiiated by numerous lan'tern 

 siliides, was also reaid. 



